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Allophoma labilis

Allophoma labilis (Sacc.) Qian Chen & L. Cai, in Chen et al., Stud. Mycol. 82: 162 (2015).

≡ Phoma labilis Sacc., Michelia 2(no. 7): 341 (1881).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 814068; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11501, Fig. 1

Description: see Chen et al. (2015).

Material examined: see Chen et al. (2015).

Fig. 1 Conidia and conidiogenous cells of Allophoma labilis (≡ Phoma labilis, re-drawn from Fig. 2 in Boerema et al. 1996). Scale bar = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Allophoma comprises eleven species known on several host plants such as Gazania sp. (Asteraceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Pelargonium graveolens (Geraniaceae), Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae), Solanum lycopersicum (Solanaceae), Emilia sonchifolia (Asteraceae), Platostoma palustre (Lamiaceae), Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae), Peperomia sp. (Piperaceae) and Piper longum (Piperaceae) amongst others. Allophoma is of importance as it causes leaf spot of lettuce and other economically important crops (Gullino et al. 2017). Allophoma is distributed in Africa, Asia (China (Taiwan), Indonesia, Iran), Europe (Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands), Oceania (Solomon Islands) and South America amongst others.

 

References 

Babaahmadi G, Mehrabi-Koushki M, Hayati J. 2018 – Allophoma hayatii sp. nov., an undescribed pathogenic fungus causing dieback of Lantana camara in Iran. Mycological Progress 17.

Boerema GH, Loerakker WM, Hamers MEC. 1996 – Contributions towards a monograph of Phoma (Coelomycetes) – III-2. Misapplications of the type species-name and the generic synonyms of section Plenodomus (Excluded species). Persoonia 16,141–190.

Chen Q, Hou LW, Duan WJ, Crous PW, Cai L. 2017 – Didymellaceae revisited. Studies in Mycology 87, 105–159.

Chen Q, Jiang J, Zhang G, Cai L, Crous P. 2015 – Resolving the Phoma enigma. Studies in Mycology 82, 137–217.

Gullino M, Gilardi G, Garibaldi A. 2017 – Evaluating severity of leaf spot of lettuce, caused by Allophoma tropica, under a climate change scenario. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 56, 235–241.

Jayasiri SC, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2019 – Diversity, morphology and molecular phylogeny of Dothideomycetes on decaying wild seed pods and fruits. Mycosphere 10, 1–186.

Valenzuela-Lopez N, Cano-Lira JF, Guarro J, Sutton DA et al. 2018 – Coelomycetous Dothideomycetes with emphasis on the families Cucurbitariaceae and Didymellaceae. Studies in Mycology 90, 1–69.

 

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